Carnelian

@Carnelian@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has Fast Food Gotten Worse, or Am I Just Getting Old?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Genuinely shocking to me how disgusting fast food places have gotten. But I’m also not sure if it’s just my perception

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not Losing You: a two minute PSA micro-movie supporting trans youth #lgbtqia⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Got me crying pretty bad lol. Seeing love just gently pulling him back to his child despite all of the fear and uncertainty

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Lemmy an effective alternative to Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I love it and actually prefer it to my old reddit experience for general browsing.

  What isn’t quite there yet is the ability to like, sit down all day and scroll and post in a community dedicated to my current hyperfixation of the week. Be it guitar maintenance, some indie game, or whatever.

  But reddit also didn’t have that when I started using it. Excited to hang here and watch the garden grow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly I’ve done just about everything over the years except ultimates (I play with IRL friends and I’m happy if we can clear a savage tier lol)

  If I had to pick a “main” activity I think it would be parsing tbh, I really enjoy chasing the numbers. I level up all jobs and also try to perfect at least the basic rotation for all of them. I’ll hang out on party finder and jump into extreme farms on off jobs to practice.

  But there’s also been months where I’ve done nothing but like, ocean fishing, diadem, pvp (I love crystal conflict, best part about endwalker to me) and so on. That’s been one of my favorite things about the game; you can get totally wrapped up in a huge project. Almost like you can play the game to take a break from playing the game. Just recently we’ve gotten into treasure maps, super chill

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry, I’m not sure exactly what you’re asking. The games being too similar is an issue, not something I wanted

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how is final fantasy XVI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I genuinely hate it lol, as do all of my friends IRL.

  We’re all huge into 14, which was produced by the same team. I mention it because there’s a ton of overlap with 14. The cinematography in the cutscenes and even the emotes the characters use feel lifted straight from the older game. The structure of the combat segments is also uncannily similar, they feel a lot like 14 dungeons. So, my group generally felt like the game got stale really quickly, which colored our impression as a whole.

  The moment-to-moment gameplay also feels like a hyper simplified version of the “rotation” system in 14. You have a basic filler combo, and larger more powerful moves that can only be used again after a long cooldown timer. I found it to be under-stimulating, even after unlocking a few more things.

  The story was awesome in the segments covered by the free trial, but then everything after that just kind of slipped off my brain. More than anything, I remember side quests in particular were really boring to the point where it felt like a joke.

  We were really hyped and really really wanted to like the game when we first heard about it, and we were super hyped after playing the demo, but in the end it just felt like a really unpleasant slog to actually play.

  At the same time however I can totally see why people do really enjoy the game. I think it’s a divisive release, and often the people who love/hate it will cite the exact same things but paint them in a different light. I ultimately wouldn’t not recommend the game, I think $50 is a really fair price for it too for what you’re getting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the differences between unsaturated, saturated, monosaturated, polysaturated, and transaturated fats?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  www.mayoclinic.org/…/art-20045550

  Here is a link based more on nutrition

  The short version is that saturated fats generally have a negative effect on cholesterol, and the recommendation is to limit your intake. They’re popular because they’re found in many animal products, and have useful properties (such as often being solid at room temperature, like butter)

  Then unsaturated fats are pretty much the opposite, whether poly or mono unsaturated. They have a generally positive effect on health. Use these when possible.

  Most sources of fats are a blend of the different types, so don’t worry excessive about it.

  Oh and then trans fats are the worst for you by far and are banned from sale in many places, although you can actually create them in your own kitchen I believe via some methods of deep frying

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy 14 braces for Dawntrail login queues with plans to limit travel and crack down on AFK players⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully things go more smoothly than for Endwalker’s launch! The login issues were so bad they ended up giving all players some free subscription time.

  Supposedly their systems are better prepared now, but we’re still expecting massive queues no matter what. Probably will be impossible to get in if you only have a few hours to play and you work normal hours

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II's First Patch Changes How Sprint And Resource Collecting Works⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t have an issue with it before but lots of people in the feedback channel found it frustrating to not be able to gather something they saw. Especially as you basically always need everything

  With the update, the tool you choose actually increases the spawn rate of that type of resource, but you’re able to gather everything regardless of what you bring. So you might get a few things from the other categories, but a lot from the one you prioritize. I don’t mind either system, but I can see why other people felt like the old way felt like you were being punished for taking the wrong tool.

  The consensus overall is that it’s just kind of a better vibe this way, so I dig it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hades II's First Patch Changes How Sprint And Resource Collecting Works⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely incredible patch imo, I was genuinely nervous about gameplay changes since I really like mel’s movement but they nailed it.

  Basically sprint is just faster by default now, and you can initiate a dash slighter sooner after attacking. I’ve beaten the game a couple times before/after the changes, it hasn’t really changed the way I play but everything is feeling really satisfying and responsive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nature Valley: 10 bars in 5 packs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Possibly they can’t be made thicker due to the cooking process?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't Let Your Thoughts Wander⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do we have any studies done on ortholinear keyboards being more ergonomic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apparently just eating an enormous amount of tuna + picked up the worm larva from some undercooked pork!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah so, it is revealed in the article that while he believes his brain was eaten by a worm, he came to that conclusion while mercury-poisoned (unrelated) and it is most likely not accurate. The brain surrounded the worm with tissue to try and isolate it and the result is similar to having a brain tumor (as I read it, sry if summary is somewhat inaccurate)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happiness⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So what you gotta do is say “it” in this sentence like you would say the word “ass”, and suddenly it all snaps into focus

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I finally got access to the catholic AI⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  He was recently defrocked for telling people to baptize their baby in gatorade

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Escape From Tarkov studio boss says he "did not foresee" players would get mad about charging extra for PvE⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is “announcing I will be stepping down” material for sure, dear lord. Never seen a more ridiculous or predictable disaster

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨food science⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ohhh I see it now thank you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨food science⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an expert but I’m pretty sure that is a lasagna?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨somewhere a postdoc is crying⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  molecules be getting freaky with it fr fr

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨suck it, math nerds⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfectly spherical pigs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨suck it, math nerds⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The actual punchline here should have been “there is no known equation to calculate the exact perimeter of an ellipse”, then sucking tears from an astrophysicist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What can I do daily to improve my on-the-spot cognitive abilities?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you basically just need experience/practice. Imagine lifeguarding: they don’t just explain it to you and then hope you remember what to do the first time you see someone you think might be drowning. They train you and have you ‘rescue’ people in a controlled environment, so that when the real thing happens, you’re performing something you’ve done many times.

  To put it another way, you don’t want to think faster. You want to have already thought about it, and already prepared for what to do.

  Depending on the extent of what you want to do, maybe a few friends and you can try to rehearse your response. Have them simulate (without telling you exactly when) some of the signs of a seizure, then try to identify it and give their phone a call as if you were calling emergency services.

  If you want to go further you can look into various first aid certs. Most classes are like $20-60, and they’ll be able to prepare you far better than anything else.

  For context: Not the same thing exactly but I had to get first aid certifications in the context of bringing small groups of people into semi-remote areas of nature. Type of thing where you probably have cell service but it may take hours for help to arrive. We did a lot of practice on each other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do use it. I press it with my right pinky when I want to capitalize letters that I type with my left hand, which is a convention of touch-typing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, sure, you may not currently know the procedure. But you could easily boil an egg if you had 60s to google it first.

  Some people wouldn’t be able to figure it out. Stupidity isn’t really accurate though in my experience, I think it’s more being overwhelmed and sometimes just having an aversion in general to change and learning. People can often have really bad experiences early in life (ironically, at the hands of people like OP who categorize them as morons for their honest ignorance) that set them up to want to never leave their comfort zone, which is itself again seen as “stupid” by the same people, thus perpetuating the cycle forever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The fashion industry is still pushing crazy thin body images⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the calorie need differential between an ectomorph and an endomorph?

  None. Somatotypes are a pseudoscience and have been completely debunked.

  What role does hormone and thyroid play?

  The difference between the “fastest” and “slowest” metabolism in healthy people of the same weight is at most 300kcal per day, which is significant, but couldn’t account for a missing ~3k surplus per day

  There are however several conditions which cause the body to simply not to process food (malabsorption is the term to look up), which is what must have been happening to you.

  It’s very common for people to misestimate their calories by massive amounts, which is why people are expressing doubts, but what you’re describing is a real thing that happens

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Final Fantasy XVI Is Getting Two DLCs And One Of Them Is Available Now⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The game itself is also a ps5 exclusive currently I believe, with plans to eventually come to other platforms. So maybe just some weird technical disclaimer?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Graphically updating the decade-old MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I’ll be darned, they are different.

  I found the original keynote from the event, relevant slide is toward the bottom

  It’s all a bit tangled up now, but the second set of pictures in the article shows the current in-game models and then the remade models, where you can clearly see the difference in the hair. The first set (the one in question here) shows the remade one, and then the remade-remade one with the muted horn texture.

  I remembered this particular Au Ra from the slideshow about 4 months ago, so when I noticed the distinct hair being the same in both and found the original slides I tunnel visioned on that. But in truth, what we are seeing is a second pass after player feedback from the event I incorrectly believed the shots were from.

  I apologize for not being as in-tune with the game’s news as I had assumed. I do not play an Au Ra myself so I had been kind of tuning out the drama around the scales and their luster. But it (and the changing of the glowing eye rings) has been an ongoing pain point for many. People get really attached to their look

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Graphically updating the decade-old MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I do see what you mean upon closer inspection. You have a keen eye

  However, this is most likely due to the author grabbing the two images from a different source which subjected them to different compression artifacts. They definitely both are the same model, even if the actual image files are not 1:1

  I play the game and have followed these updates as they came out, so I was able to tell very quickly from looking at the hair and eyes. But don’t take my word for it: I quickly tracked down the actual before/after shots. Sorry for reddit link

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Graphically updating the decade-old MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because it actually is the exact same image

  Whoever wrote this article messed up and pasted the same image twice for the Au Ra race, which is the first one shown here. The actual before and after shots are pretty obvious